Caption

Deep bowl. Deep, cup-shaped bowl with a slightly convex bottom and sides arching upwards; straight, flat, flaring rim. Made of Nile clay NB1, Vienna System. Covered with an engobe mixed with red ochre and thoroughly polished. Vessel color: red. Well-preserved, slight clay damage on the rim. Comparative typology: parallels cited for Old Kingdom and late 6th Dynasty pottery 4th–6th Dynasty. Dimensions: height 15.1 cm; lip diameter 27.6 cm; bottom diameter 11.8 cm; weight 1.3 kg., A wide, shallow clay vessel with a flared rim sits against a smooth backdrop; the vessel is terracotta orange with patches of lighter and darker orange and some worn pale areas, showing rough texture and small blemishes, and the background and surface beneath the vessel are shades of gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A03_149

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.4Mb (1.8Mb) / 16.6in x 11.1in / 4987 x 3325 (300dpi)

Keywords

Deep bowl Deep cup-shaped bowl slightly convex bottom sides arching upwards straight flat flaring rim Nile clay NB1 Vienna System Covered engobe mixed red ochre thoroughly polished Vessel color red Well-preserved slight clay damage rim Comparative typology parallels cited Old Kingdom late 6th Dynasty pottery 4th–6th Dynasty Dimensions height 15.1 cm lip diameter 27.6 cm bottom diameter 11.8 cm weight 1.3 kg wide shallow clay vessel flared rim sits smooth backdrop vessel terracotta orange patches lighter darker orange worn pale areas showing rough texture small blemishes background surface beneath shades gray.